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Got an email recently, this is definitely a scam. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello, This is the full details of the upcoming shooting by Wales cosmetics store. The company are into manufacturing of bathing soap, body perfume, tooth paste, lipstick, lip gloss and some other cosmetics items. The cover of all these manufacture products and their containers will be customize with your pictures if you are ready to shoot for us. The company name is Wales Cosmetics Store. The shoot will be commence on Nov 2013, but the exact date would be depends on your available date in November. We will need your service for just 3 hours in taking the pictures of you in a different poses. You are not required to do any make up on your own, because our company will be providing our personal make up artist to cover all the necessary make up. We also have our personal photographers to give you the best poses and good shots. The company will be paying you the sum of $1000 for your services for just 3 hours. Please be notified that your payment will be paid in two installments. We will be sending you a check payment of $2,515 which will include your part payment of $500 and the shooting materials fee. You are to deduct your part payment of $500 from the check after its cleared into your account, then the remaining balance should be remit by you to the store manager as the outfits payment for the shooting materials. Immediately the check was cleared you will be given an instruction on how to send the money and your necessary statistics information to the store expertize. We're entrusting you with the outfits payment because the payment have to go to the store in your name in order to make a total corresponding with your other details we will be sending to the store along with your measurement. The shooting materials are as follow: Jewelry, clothes, shoes and some other items. Once you received the payment from the sponsorship of the event, you are to deduct your part payment of $400 and then the left over balance should be sent via money gram to the approved boutique store where all your shooting materials mentioned will be order from. And as soon as you sent the items fee to the store manager, the items will be shipped directly to your care. The store information will be sent to you as soon as you received the payment. Shooting location. Probably, the shoot would be hold in (Sandbox Studio) New York City, NY. Furthermore, the company will be responsible for your lodging hotel, flight tickets and food accommodation. Also, you can come along with anyone of your choice as your escort and free accommodations would be provided for you and your escort by the company. BELOW DETAILS MUST BE FILLED AND SUBMITTED IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. Name to be written on check: Residence address:(Not Po. Box) Apartment number if any: City/state/zip code: Direct mobile phone number: Your available date: Your escort name if any: Your current occupation: Age: Your mm profile link: Regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 15 13 11:07 am Link OP: not the first time people send these, and certainly not the last most likely. If you got this on MM, please use the contact a mod form to submit it here: https://www.modelmayhem.com/contactamod as usual per say also, the quickest way to find out if anything is a scam is to google it with the word scam in the search query also. Generally if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Nov 15 13 11:18 am Link i got this also and got a contact number had my manager to call them 3 times she said they never answered Nov 15 13 11:21 am Link Khy Hughes wrote: If your manager had even a clue as to what she was doing, she'd never have called them in the first place. This is the oldest scam in the world short of "I give you two mastodon steaks next week for one mastodon steak today." Nov 15 13 01:10 pm Link Old scam Nov 15 13 01:16 pm Link FreddyStark wrote: Khy Hughes wrote: Can you guess what happens after you send the balance to a third party? Nov 15 13 01:19 pm Link Khy Hughes wrote: You might want to re evaluate the experience and qualifications of your "manager" and their role in your modeling career. If they had answered the phone the both of you would probably be out a bunch of money. Nov 15 13 01:21 pm Link Some of the many spelling/grammar mistakes in bold. FreddyStark wrote: Enough red flags for you? Aside from the obvious one of payment offered up front!! Nov 18 13 10:15 am Link Gee. Um. Thanks. Did you figure out it was a scam because you fell for it or because something in your brain clicked and told you it just couldn't be a legitimate offer? Nov 18 13 10:30 am Link  Thank you for posting this. Obviously this is a common scam, although this apparently is the first you have learned about it. Even though we see it often, thank you for pointing it out. It brings it to the attention of new members that may not be aware of it. If you would like to learn more about common scams and how to avoid them, there is a good article in the "Education" section of the site. CLICK HERE to read the article. And congratulations for picking up on it and not becoming a victim. Nov 18 13 11:34 am Link They intentionally misspell and use bad grammar. They figure if that doesn't tip you off, you're ripe for picking. Nov 18 13 04:12 pm Link The fact that there is no basic grasp of the English language, i.e. the entire letter is one paragraph, it should be enough to know that it isn't professional and therefore probably a scam. Nov 18 13 04:23 pm Link Khy Hughes wrote: Now you know what your manager does for you. This is the oldest scam in the book... I first heard of this in the 1970's and it was old then. Any manager or agent with any knowledge of how the modeling business works would have known this immediately, and would not have called 3 times. Nov 18 13 04:28 pm Link GPS Studio Services wrote: Great post! People sometimes forget what it's like to be new. Nov 18 13 05:51 pm Link it's just amazed me these Nigerian scams (or the many variation f it) has been around for 20-30 years, they used to send you letters like Mrs So and so's husband was killed by a Nigerian general and she has inheritance of $10-50 million pounds in an African bank and she urged you to be their savor and send $2000-$5000 for her to release the money and you get paid 10%. Typical play on your greed. If you fell for it, you have no one to blame but yourselves. Nov 18 13 09:40 pm Link |
